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Just Another Dick
The Presumptuous Memoir of a Truly Unimportant Person
By Dick Gary
Just Another Dick, The Presumptuous Memoir of a Truly Unimportant Person is the riotous story of a man who started at the bottom as a jerk of all trades, made all the wrong choices, but eventually rose to respectability in an unconventional way.
Dick’s adventures, or misadventures, began when he was kicked out of college, went to work in Atlantic City tending bar before he was old enough to legally drink, had a sixteen-hour engagement, spent two wacky years in the Army in post WWII Germany, ran a car and motorcycle racetrack, talked his way into a respectable career in radio sales, eventually becoming the youngest General Manager of a New York City radio station. He also worked for Ed Koch in his successful campaign for Congress before starting an advertising agency with his wife that morphed into the music industry’s premier go-to agency.
Just Another Dick’s story is about an exceptional life, in a bygone era, humorously told, with its many bumps along the way. It’s a beautiful (and funny!) illustration of how a mid-twentieth century young man took the road less traveled, and still ended up where he wanted to be. Proving that if he can do it, anyone can.
As you may tell from the title, this book is not by the book, but it has a definite arc. Dick, our hero, had given little thought to his future and it shows. The book opens with him getting kicked out of college, having a rollicking two-year career in the military in Germany, finding a future in radio, operating a car and motorcycle racetrack, working closely with Ed Koch in his successful fun for congress, moving to LA and starting a business that became the premier ad agency for the music business.
He also has an interest in politics and art and has raised a bunch of money in those fields for good causes.
He moved from New York to Malibu and now lives in Park City where he can satisfy his skiing mania.
His has been an interesting, highly diversified life and he tells the story in a highly humorous and self-deprecating way.
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Print ISBN: 978-1-947459-97-7
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Paperback, 264 pages
Trim Size: 6″ x 9″
Kindle ISBN: 978-1-947459-98-4
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COVER DESIGN
Tom Nikol, STUDIO17
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INTERIOR DESIGN
Katie Mullaly
Surrogate Press
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